Critical Thinking Flashcards
The process in who an analyst improved their thinking quality by applying scientific elements of reasoning and logic
Critical Thinking
What is bias?
An unconscious believe that conditions, governs, and compels our behavior.
What occurs when you attribute your intentions, actions, or reactions to another person or thing without considering their unique cultural background?
Cultural Bias
When does Organizational Bias occur?
When analysis is affected by the specific goal or preconceived ideas of an organization
What is an unconscious believe which influences the act of knowing or making a judgment call?
Cognitive bias
What is a consolidation of all of our biases, beliefs, and some knowledge about a particular subject?
Mindset
What is stereotyping?
A form of patterning by perceiving a similarity between events or things because of superficial features.
To reason is to______.
Calculate or think by forming a new statement based on statements already known or discovered, or to infer based on the evidence.
What is deductive reasoning?
Concluding something is true based on a general rule
What is inductive reasoning?
Concluding something is true through logical conclusions based on facts
What is abductive reasoning?
Concluding something is true by testing hypothesis with evidence
_____is a systematic application of reason to a particular branch of knowledge, in this case, the study of reasoning.
Logic
Deductive reasoning is concluding something is ________ true.
Necessarily
Inductive reasoning is concluding something is _____ true.
Probably
Abductive reasoning involves the act of _____ to conclude something is possibly true.
Testing
When one is applying reason to any branch of knowledge, they are using _______?
Logic
What are the three types of questions?
Questions of Fact
Questions of Preference
Questions of Judgment
What type of question requires little to no reasoning?
Questions of Fact
Which questions are usually answered with yes or no followed by the reasoning. They are usually used for background reports.
Questions of Preference
When analysts are faced with _________ they give their answers in the form of analytical comments, written assessments, or Intel estimates
Questions of Judgment
Perspective is a_____.
Mental point of view of a particular subject or its parts.
_________ are unstated reasons or theories, which are essential in arriving at a conclusion.
Assumptions
What is an intellectual act by which we conclude something is true based on something else being true, or seeming to be true?
Inference
What are concepts?
Clusters of ideas that are the result of abstract thinking
______ are the logical relationship between two propositions in which, if the first is true the second is true.
Implications
What helps to define tasks, express problems, and delineate boundaries during analysis?
Questions
_____ applies to each element of reasoning in order to test hypotheses for truth and correctness.
Accuracy
__________Refers to how broad or narrow of a perspective the analyst may have when solving a problem
Breadth
What does depth involve?
Comprehending the potential complexities of a problem
_____ weighs the relevance of the information as it applies to the decision-makers circumstances.
Significance
